Scorch
Bible Usage:
- Bible Reference: Revelation 16:8
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: No
Strongs Concordance:
- G2739 Used 1 time
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Scorch
SCORCH, verb transitive
1. To burn superficially; to subject to a degree of heat that changes the color of a thing, or both the color and texture of the surface. Fire will scorch linen or cotton very speedily in extremely cold weather.
2. To burn; to affect painfully with heat. Scorched with the burning sun or burning sands of Africa.
SCORCH, verb intransitive To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up.
Scatter a little mungy straw and fern among your seedlings, to prevent the roots from scorching.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Scorched
SCORCH'ED, participle passive Burnt on the surface; pained by heat.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Scorching
SCORCH'ING, participle present tense Burning on the surface; paining by heat.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Scorching-fennel
SCORCH'ING-FENNEL, noun A plant of the genus Thapsia; deadly carrot.